"Anton Melser" <melser.anton@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Thanks for your reply. I am managing a db that has some export scripts > that don't do a drop/create, but rather a delete from at the start of > the proc (6 or 7 tables used for this, and only this). Now given that > there is no vacuuming at all going on - this is clearly suboptimal but > in the general case is this better/worse than using temporary tables? Delete all rows, you mean? Have you considered TRUNCATE? regards, tom lane
